The President of the Federation for Hunting & Conservation – Malta (FKNK) has written to the German Ambassador to Malta in protest about the “unwarranted incidents that the Maltese Nation has witnesses over the last weeks as a result of actions by the German organisation that calls itself CABS.”

The FKNK explained that CABS are intent on marring the healthy and mutually beneficial relationship in place between Germany and Malta in a democratic European context.

FKNK asked, “So why do we now have to subject ourselves to a situation whereby CABS deem fit to slander not only hunting on Malta but the Maltese on a German public television station RTL …”

“The actions of CABS during a spring season that was legally authorised by local government under derogation from the “Birds” Directive should have been, for hunters, a peaceful and recreational event as hunting is for over 7 million counterparts in Europe. Unfortunately, CABS have managed to transform this season into a war zone to the extent of using a military reconnaissance aircraft without the necessary permits and fly this machine over private property whilst filming without authorisation or consent. I am sure that you agree that no European citizen should have his privacy invaded illegally and with unauthorised methods.”

FKNK said that, “the end result of the actions of CABS was an aired film on RTL television and with clips of it running constantly on U-Tube and other web-associated media. A film that depicted, not the 2012 spring hunting season, but years of clips put together to maliciously infer that this all happened in 3 weeks. A film that depicts the Maltese as aggressive individuals and Malta as a third world country with its citizens having no respect for nature at all.”

“Illegal activities in the field do not only occur in Malta but worldwide, and it is completely unfair and unfounded for anyone to pick on the smallest Member State, where everyone is known and everything is visible due to the small size of the islands and to capitalise on individual issues and portray them as the order of the day.

“These actions by CABS have not only touched on hunting on Malta but on the Maltese as a nation and here the problem is aggravated because it is seen as unwarranted and uncalled for interference by a German organisation, that the Maltese will defiantly accept,” FNK said.

FKNK said it has requested a meeting with the Ambassador and requested his intervention with “a view to finding a rational solution to this unfortunate state of affairs.”

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